Eating your own "AI" dog food

January 30, 2024•87 words

This story is well-documented: any parent working for a social media company is likely to restrict the way their own kids use social media.
They want none of that on their kids' screens.
Early days for "AI" still, but an interesting thought experiment nonetheless:
If you took a sample of executives & employees from the top 100 "AI" companies, how many would you see using & benefiting from their product in their day jobs?
How many would let their kids hang out in the worlds they created?

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